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Terence Newman tries to play through the pain

Terence Newman took part in only a “very limited” portion of Wednesday’s practice and sat out Thursday and Friday with a rib muscle strain suffered last week vs. the New York Giants, but he was not going to sit out Sunday’s game.

But by the third quarter, he could no longer play and was replaced by Orlando Scandrick. Newman’s last play came on a crossing route to Mike Sims-Walker in which he could not accelerate. With Newman out, free safety Alan Ball was the third cornerback.

“Once we kind of numbed it up a little bit I didn’t think I’d feel the pain and starting out I felt decent but obviously there’s some pain,” Newman said. “You can’t numb the whole thing having torn cartilage and a muscle strain in there. It’s just one of those things where I could’ve taken the easy way out and say I’m hurt and shut it down. But we’re 1-5 and it’s something to me where I want to stick it out as much as possible with my teammates.”